Beverly's Angie Miller to be star of hometown parade Saturday

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May 2, 2013 at 12:01 AMMay 2, 2013 at 2:22 AM

Beverly’s Angie Miller and her fellow Top 4 “American Idol” contestants took to the stage again on Wednesday night, each performing two solos and one group song for America’s votes. After the votes came in tonight, Miller is among the Top 3 finalists on the singing competition show and will be heading home this weekend for a homecoming party and parade in Beverly on Saturday.

Natalie Miller / beverly@wickedlocal.com

Beverly’s Angie Miller and her fellow Top 4 “American Idol” contestants took to the stage again on Wednesday night, each performing two solos and one group song for America’s votes. After the votes came in tonight, Miller is among the Top 3 finalists on the singing competition show and will be heading home this weekend for a homecoming party and parade in Beverly on Saturday.

During Wednesday night's live performances, Harry Connick Jr. returned to “Idol” as the contestants’ mentor. He and Miller seemed to have a lot of fun together when talking about Miller’s song choices.

For her first song, which had to be a song from 2013, Miller was at the piano, singing her rendition of “Diamonds” by Rhianna.

She received some harsh comments from the celebrity judges, who agreed it wasn’t Miller’s best performance and even called her out on “over-performing.”

“It was bland; it was lackluster; you can do better,” said judge Nicki Minaj.

Her second, the classic “Someone to Watch Over Me,” seemed to redeem her night. Miller told audiences she picked the song because it was a song her mother, Tana, would always sing around the house.

The judges liked this performance much better, all agreeing that her vocal was beautiful.

“You always put me in the mind of a Disney princess,” said Minaj. “It definitely was better than the first performance.”

Judge Keith Urban commented on her song choice being old-fashioned.

When the votes came in, it was contestant Amber Holcomb who was sent home from the competition — leaving Miller and fellow contestants Candice Glover and Kree Harrison as the last three remaining.

As it stands currently, a parade for Miller will be held in downtown Beverly on Saturday afternoon, beginning at about 3 p.m. in front of City Hall on Cabot Street. The parade will process down to Beverly High School on Sohier Road, where Miller will perform a mini-concert for her fans outside the school building. To find out more updates on Saturday’s festivities, check back with us, and continue to visit our special section dedicated to Angie Miller at wickedlocal.com/beverly/angieidol, for all Angie related news, as well liking us on Facebook page and by following us on Twitter.

Scroll down to see videos of Angie's performances from Wednesday night.